Tzimmes

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recipe by Pauline Roberts

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    2hrs 25mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    3
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    199

Delicious traditional Jewish side dish/accompaniment; goes well with cold platters and buffets.

recipe updated Oct 7, 2021

Ingredients

  • Carrot icon
    Carrot
    500 g
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    2 tablespoons
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Ground cumin icon
    Ground cumin
    ¼ teaspoon
  • Ground turmeric icon
    Ground turmeric
    ¼ teaspoon
  • Paprika icon
    Paprika
    ¼ teaspoon
  • Light brown sugar icon
    Light brown sugar
    2 ½ tablespoons
  • Orange juice icon
    Orange juice
    60 ml
  • Water icon
    Water
    60 ml
  • Lemon icon
    Lemon
    ½

Tools

  • kCook icon Wooden spoon
  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Water
  • kCook icon Saucepan
  • kCook icon Frying pan
  • kCook icon Medium bowl

Step preview

  1. Get a clean saucepan
  2. Cover with water
  3. Add carrot to the saucepan
  4. Boil until al dente
  5. Drain
  6. Slice into rounds
  7. Add olive oil to a clean frying pan
  8. Heat - approx 2 min, low heat
  9. Add garlic clove, ground cumin, ground turmeric, paprika and light brown sugar to the frying pan
  10. Stir - approx 1 min
  11. Transfer vegetables to frying pan
  12. Combine thoroughly
  13. Add orange juice and water to the frying pan
  14. Stir together and cover
  15. Simmer slowly in frying pan until tender
  16. Add lemon to the frying pan
  17. Stir
  18. Transfer content of frying pan to medium bowl
  19. Chill in fridge until completely cool - approx 2 hr
  20. Serve
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